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French-Indian War (1756-1763)
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. -
Stamp Act 1765
A tax on anything on paper -
Declaratory Act 1765
a law passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever." -
Townshend Acts 1767
a law which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre March 5 1770
This is when British soldiers fired upon a group of rowdy colonists, killing five and wounding others. -
Boston Tea Party 1773
Is when american colonists dumped 342 chests of tea in the ocean -
Intolerable Acts (aka Coercive Acts) 1773
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Quartering Act 1774
This law allowed royal governors, rather than colonial legislatures, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord 1775
This battle marked the start of the American War of Independence -
Second Continental Congress May 1775
This was to plan further responses if the British government did not repeal or modify the acts -
Common Sense 1776
a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence 1776
is the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.1776